Here is another Byzantine communion prayer:
I know, O Lord, that if I partake unworthily of Your pure body and of Your precious blood, I will be guilty. I will be eating and drinking my own condemnation, not discerning Your body and blood. When I consider Your loving kindness, O my Christ and my God, I dare not come to You who said, "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him." Be merciful to me a sinner, O Lord, and rebuke me not. Deal with me according to your mercy. Let the bread and wine be for the healing of my soul and body, for the enlightenment of my mind and the protection of my life. Let them give me confidence in You and love for my brethren. Let them be for the amendment of my conduct, for perseverence, for increase in virtue, and for perfection in the fellowship of Your Holy Spirit. Give me Your body and blood, O Lord, as a provision for the journey to eternal life and for an acceptable answer at Your judgment seat: do not let them be for my judgment or condemnation. Amen.
Tom posted some additional prayers in the comments of my last posting, but I had one more prayer I wanted to post. He beat me to it, but if you like me prefer a translation without Thees and Thous:
Prayer of Simeon Metaphrastes
O You who graciously gave Your flesh to me as food, who are a fire consuming the unworthy: Consume me not, O my Creator, but rather pass through all the parts of my body, into all my joints, my heart, my soul; burn, O good Lord, the thorns of my transgressions, cleanse my soul and purify all my thoughts. Ever shelter, guard, and keep me in Your love. Chasten me, purify me, and control all my passions. Adorn me, teach me, and enlighten me always. Show me how to be a tabernacle of Your Holy Spirit, and in no wise the dwelling place of sin; that from me, Your habitation, and because of the communion of Your holy mysteries, every evil deed and passion may flee as from fire. I bring to You all the saints, especially Your pure and most holy Mother to intercede for me. O my Christ and my God, accept their prayers in my favor and make me, Your child, to be a child of light: for You alone are the sanctification and the splendor of my soul, and to You, my God and my Master, I shall give glory and honor forever and ever. Amen.
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